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Winter 2009-10
St Antony’s College
NEWSLETTER
St Antony’s
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Contents
Letter from the Warden
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Major Events and Prominent Visitors 3
Visit of Henry Kissinger
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RESC Library Launch
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Ralf Dahrendorf Obituary 6
Ralf Dahrendorf
Warden of St Antony’s 1987 - 1997
GCR President’s Report
New Governing Body Fellows
John Campbell Obituary
Politics Summer School
Sudan Conference
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Libya Conference 13
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Lecture 14
Antonian News 15
Alumni Events 18
Antonian Liaison Network 19

Warden’s Letter
(Photo:
Greg Smolonski)
As I am writing this Michaelmas
Term has just ended. We all, students,
Fellows, staff have been saying Phew
in our many different languages and
asking one another why this past term
seems to have been so extraordinarily
busy. Yet is it different from any other
term? Oxford has merely provided its
usual wealth of seminars and lectures,
with visiting scholars and distinguished
speakers.
St Antony’s as always is much engaged
with the world and its regions, and this
past term we have hosted many and
interesting visitors here including, as
you will see elsewhere in the Newsletter,
Henry Kissinger. The Centres have as
usual run their own seminars and this
term the Russian and Eurasian Centre
joined forces with the European Studies
Centre to put on a fascinating series to
commemorate the events of 1989 in
Europe. I have also arranged a series
of informal seminars over lunch where
anyone—students, fellows, visitors--can
drop by and listen to our resident experts
talk about contemporary issues such
as the impact of the recent change of
government in Japan or the implications
of the rise of China for Asia.
Our returning students have come
back from their busy summers. Some
have worked as interns in Washington,
for example, New York or Brussels.
Most have been doing research for
their theses in what seems like almost
every corner of the world: The West
Bank, the townships of South Africa,
Mumbai, Vancouver, Lima, all have
seen St Antony’s students collecting
their data. I might worry about them as
they interview refugees in the Congo or
politicians in Georgia if they were not
so strikingly practical and competent.
New students, some 170 of them have
arrived as well. Some have scholarships
such as the Rhodes and the Marshall
but many have to finance themselves
and that is an increasing burden since
the lid on graduate fees has been lifted.
Depending on the course, it can cost up
to £15,000 per year to study in Oxford,
and that is not including at least another
£10,000 for living expenses. This
year our new students come from 45
different countries; about one-third are
from Europe (in which Oxford at least
includes the United Kingdom), onethird
from North American, and the rest
from around the world. We have more
than before from Asia but worryingly
few from sub-Saharan Africa. That
last is partly a question of the technical
difficulties of applying to Oxford on
line when there is not good broadband
access or facilities for paying by credit
card but more importantly of high
costs.
The University has as one of its
key fundraising goals to increase its
scholarships and bursaries to the point
where all doctoral students, and perhaps
one day masters too, will be fully funded.
The Colleges of course share in this goal.
St Antony’s with its modest endowment
has a long way to go but we are sure that
with our world-wide network of friends
and alumni that we will be able to match
the university’s efforts in raising funds
for this essential task. One encouraging
piece of news is that we have already
received a benefaction of £600,000
whose interest is designated for student
support.
In the past term, the College has also
welcomed a rich array of senior visitors
among them employees of international
institutions such as the World Bank,
ambassadors, journalists, and academics.
This year our European Studies Centre
has for the first time a visiting European
Union Fellow, and two from Turkey.
Inevitably, and sadly, we have also lost
members of our community among
them our distinguished Warden Lord
Dahrendorf, whose obituary you will
find in the Newsletter.
One of our oldest visiting fellowships,
the Horne, celebrated its 40th anniversary
this September. Our Honorary Fellow,
Sir Alistair Horne and our former
Warden, Sir Raymond Carr, set up the
Fellowship to encourage writers at early
stages of their careers. Horne Fellows
are selected on the basis of their ability
to write and to explore significant
topics in Modern History. Selection
committees over the years have done
a very good job of spotting promise:
former Fellows include Norman Davies,
Robert Kee, Redmond O’Hanlon, John
Grigg, Michael Ignatieff, and David
Gilmour.
Our more permanent Fellows have
kept books and articles flowing out. In
the past six months, Tim Garton Ash,
Robert Service, Archie Brown, Eugene
Rogan, Avi Shlaim, Homa Katouzian,
and Paul Collier have all published
work to acclaim on both sides of the
Atlantic. And let me boast a little bit
more: Foreign Policy’s recent list of the
100 most important global thinkers was
dotted with Antonians. Paul Collier and
Tariq Ramadan are Fellows; Thomas
Friedman and Aung San Suu Kyi are
Honorary Fellows; and Michael Ignatieff,
Paul Kennedy, Mohammed El Erian and
Anwar Ibrahim are all former members.
The University continues to debate its
future. Will it be able to keep its unique
and highly expensive tutorial system for
undergraduates? Ought the balance
between undergraduates and graduates,
now roughly two-thirds to one-third,
shift so that Oxford focuses increasingly
on teaching graduate students? How will
Humanities and Social Sciences fare in
the current climate of cuts to education?
(Both, worryingly, are running deficits.)
While the University failed to elect a
new Professor of Poetry it did succeed
in installing a new Vice Chancellor,
Andy Hamilton. He will have a big job
ahead of him but Oxford, I am sure,
will continue to flourish and, within it,
so will St Antony’s.

21 May 2009 - The College welcomed
the Foreign Secretary, David
Miliband MP to College. He was in
discussion with St Antony’s Senior
Associate Member, Dr Hussein
Agha, followed by a Q&A with the
audience, comprising mostly of
students.
Dr Agha has been involved in and
advised on Israeli-Palestinian affairs
for thirty years and the discussion
focused on the Middle East. The
Foreign Secretary had come to St
Antony’s at Dr Agha’s invitation but
was given no easy ride in front of a
packed lecture theatre.
Our honoured guest was relaxed and
refreshingly unspun, even deftly
handling a question about his own
future before steering the discourse
back to the Middle East.
Rt Hon. David Miliband MP (Photo: Rob Judges)
Major events
and prominent visitors
17 September 2009 - Mr Ali Babacan,
the Deputy Prime Minister and State
Minister in charge of Economy
of the Republic of Turkey, visited
the College. Mr Babacan attended
a ceremony, to mark the start of a
new cooperation between South
East European Studies at Oxford
(SEESOX), St Antony’s College
and the Turkish Government. Mr
Babacan made a short presentation
on Turkey’s European orientation
and praised Oxford for its academic
contribution to Turkish and Ottoman
studies. He pointed out that the
Turkish government was eager to
support high-quality academic input
on the study of modern Turkey in
Oxford. Within the scope of this new
cooperation, two Visiting Fellowships
at SEESOX have been created, the
first holders being Professor Bulent
Aras and Professor Ayse Kadioglu,
for the academic year 2009-10.
Other speakers included Dr Othon
Anastasakis, Director SEESOX,
Professor Kalypso Nicolaidis, Chair
SEESOX, Dr Heather Bell, Director
of International Strategy in Oxford,
Professor Ayse Kadioglu and the
Turkish Ambassador in London.
Visit of Turkish Deputy PM Ali Babacan. (Photo: Rob Judges)

Visit of Henry Kissinger
The Warden, Dr Kissinger, Sir Alistair Horne, the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of the University & guests (Photo: Rob Judges)
St Antony’s welcomed Dr Henry
Kissinger to College on Friday October
16th 2009. The former US Secretary
of State was the subject of a recent
authorised biography: Kissinger’s Year:
1973 by St Antony’s Honorary Fellow Sir
Alistair Horne. It was through his and the
Warden’s invitation that we were fortunate
enough to host the Nobel Prize Laureate
at St Antony’s. A packed lecture theatre
included honoured guests Lord Patten of
Barnes, the Chancellor of the University,
and the new Vice Chancellor, Professor
Andrew Hamilton.
Dr Kissinger had agreed, without preconditions,
to debate a number of
challenging topics with the Warden and
Sir Alistair, some contemporary and
some pertaining to his time in the Nixon
administration, beginning with what Sir
Alistair called a “nice gentle subject”, the
war in Vietnam.
The discussion merged into a Q&A
about half way through with questions
including: Did you ever actually say that
Europe should get a phone number? Was
the Ford administration divided over
intervention in Angola in 1975? Why did
your previous answer on Afghanistan fail
to mention Pakistan? As Dr Kissinger
wrestled with the questioning, students
hastily scribbled possible footnotes for
their theses.
Through the debate and the subsequent
Q&A, Dr Kissinger was anecdotal and
analytical on a number of contentious
topics. He was even comfortable enough
to show genuine empathy and selfreproach,
in answering Professor Avi
Shlaim’s criticism that his policy over the
Yom Kippur War had gravely neglected
Palestinian interests.
Dr Kissinger had experienced much
mean-spirited treatment by students at
some universities but found intellectual
rigour and quiet respect at St Antony’s
– a reminder of the intelligence and the
decent civility of the College.
R Majumdar
The Warden, Dr Kissinger and Sir Alistair Horne
(Photo: Rob Judges)

RESC Library Launch
New RESC Library (Photo: Rob Judges)
15 May 2009 was the date of the
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre
Library launch party, attended by nearly
a hundred Antonians and friends of
the Centre. The Warden and the RESC
director found that the new mezzanine
made an excellent platform from which
to express our collective thanks to those
whose generosity had made the project
possible.
In addition to the usual refreshments,
we had music and pictures. Rosamund
Bartlett organised three fellow cellists to
play some Russian and other European
pieces.
Avril Pyman kindly made available
for exhibition pictures painted by her
late husband, the Russian artist Kirill
Sokolov, during the winter of 1989 which
they spent on Spetses in a villa owned
by Max Hayward, a founding Fellow of
the Centre. And it was Max Hayward
who played a key role in holding one
of the most important international
conferences held in the Library, that on
Soviet literature in 1962.
The removal of the central shelving
blocks and the flexibility of the new
furnishings will make it possible for
us to have conferences in the Reading
Room once again. The attractively light
look of the Library has already resulted
in a marked increase in the number of
regular readers. And we have already
begun making out-of-hours use of the
Library for teaching and discussions, so
supplementing the facilities of the new
seminar room.
We owe a great debt of gratitude to the
institutional and the individual donors
whose generous support made it possible
to transform our Library into such a
splendid and attractive space, especially
the Khordokovsky Foundation and
Trustees Alastair Tulloch and Anthony
Smith.
For giving us invaluable help in
achieving the goals of the first stage
of our fundraising campaign, we are
enormously grateful to the members of
the Campaign Committee:
Judge William Birtles, Professor Archie Brown,
Sir Bryan Cartledge, Lady Ellen Dahrendorf,
Mr Geoffrey Elliott, Mr David Hoffman,
Dr Tina Jennings, Ms Bridget Kendall, Mr
John Lloyd, Mr Paul Newman, Dr Julie
Newton, Mr Julian Simmonds, Professor
Alfred Stepan, and Dr Tiffany Troxel.
As we discussed at our meeting in
February, we shall now concentrate on
moving forward with the second stage of
the campaign which focuses on raising
funds for new Research Fellowships
to strengthen our work on cultural
studies and deepen our coverage of
Ukraine, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Alex Pravda
Alastair Tulloch, Alex Pravda and Anthony Smith (Photo: Rob Judges)

Obituary - Ralf Dahrendorf
It was with shock and sorrow that we learned
on 18 June, 2009 that Ralf Dahrendorf had
died the previous day. Less than two months
earlier we had been delighted to celebrate
Lord Dahrendorf ’s 80th birthday with a
colloquium in the College Lecture Theatre
organised by Professor Timothy Garton
Ash. A capacity audience heard tributes
to Ralf, and reflections on his contribution
to scholarship and politics, from Professor
Jürgen Habermas, Professor Fritz Stern
and Professor Garton Ash, who chaired
the meeting. There were many spontaneous
tributes paid to Lord Dahrendorf from
the floor, as well as a lively discussion
ranging from the democratic legitimation
of European institutions to the role of
universities in defending a free society. Ralf
responded to the debate with typically acute
and thought-provoking comments, as well
as paying a moving tribute to the speakers
and to the College. The occasion was
followed by a very large celebratory High
Table which culminated in a rousing chorus
of `Happy Birthday to You’. We were all
moved by the fact that, although evidently
not in the best of health, Lord Dahrendorf,
accompanied by his wife, had come to
Oxford to celebrate such an important
birthday. With hindsight it is evident that
we had been vouchsafed an opportunity to
say goodbye to him, and for that we are all
grateful.
Ralf Dahrendorf ’s first documented contact
with St Antony’s was in 1975, when he was
elected to a Supernumerary Fellowship,
which he held until 1978, having delivered
the Cyril Foster Lecture in 1976. When,
nearly ten years later, the College came to
elect the successor to Raymond Carr
as Warden , it was fortunate to be able
to choose from a very strong field of
candidates, and Ralf Dahrendorf was
among them. In his case it was evident
that, if the College had drawn up an
identikit profile of its optimal Warden, it
could hardly have hoped to find anybody
which fitted it more exactly. He was a
distinguished Professor of Sociology
with an awesome publication record, who
entered politics and obtained a ministerial
post in the German Foreign Office
and was then appointed a European
Commissioner.
Despite having distinguished himself in
that position, he left Germany to become
an outstandingly successful Director of
the London School of Economics, where
he had been a graduate student. When he
retired from the LSE, the Chairman of
the Governors, Huw Weldon, described
him as the most popular German in
Britain since Prince Albert. He was in
demand throughout the Western World
as a visiting professor and could easily
have obtained a permanent chair in the
USA. He was duly elected Warden of St.
Antony’s and took up his post in October
1987.
It might have been supposed that , with
such a range of academic and political
interests, Ralf would be a rather distant
figure as Warden. The contrary was the
case. In the words of the College History:
`...he threw himself into the Wardenship
with verve. Although prominent in
politics – he was made a member of the
House of Lords in 1993, a role he took
seriously – he never neglected the college,
sitting on most of its committees and
leading from the front. His prominence
in the world outside raised the college’s
profile. As statesman and scholar, he was a
fitting symbol of what makes St Antony’s
such a stimulating and exciting place...
His skill and ease as a host, combined
with the warmth of his wife Ellen, was
commented on by many visitors. He acted
as a magnet for scholars from all over the
world.’ In Lord Dahrendorf ’s own report
on the ten years he spent in the College,
he wrote: `I have never had the slightest
doubt that my priority was to increase
the range of activities at St Antony’s,
to draw in more academics as well as
members who would not emerge from
the `normal’ faculty process, to increase
the number of countries studied and
represented, to establish relations with
private and public bodies both nationally
and internationally.’
Dahrendorf was always keen to involve
the College in international activity, and
in particular in European debates. One
of his most successful ventures in this
respect was the Pontignano Conference
he established in 1993 in partnership with
the University of Siena. Held annually in
the beautiful surroundings of a former
monastery a few miles from Siena, the
conference was a meeting between
politicians, academics, business people
and journalists. It established itself within
six years as a major Anglo-Italian political
forum focussing on the future of Europe
from an Anglo-Italian perspective.
When Dahrendorf took up office as
Warden in October 1987 the University
of Oxford had recently undergone severe
retrenchment in staffing. Universities
throughout the country were cutting
recruitment. It was expected that in this
climate the St Antony’s Fellowship would
also shrink. But well before he retired,
Dahrendorf could point to an expanded
and rejuvenated Governing Body;
more than half its members had been
appointed since his own election. The
fact that Dahrendorf took care to play
a role in the University’s administration
also redounded to the College’s benefit;
he was a respected member of the
Hebdomadal Council from 1988 until
his retirement. Although financial
restraints made it difficult to increase the
number of buildings within the College
grounds, in 1991 the erection of the
Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies not
only created an admirable physical base
for the study of modern Japan, it also
provided the College with a much-needed
modern lecture room. Dahrendorf also
planned to build another large building to
house more students within the College
grounds and to provide more seminar
rooms. Although it was not possible to
implement these plans at that time owing
to financial constraints, the Founder’s
Building, was subsequently constructed
under Dahrendorf ’s successor and has
proved a great success.
All this intensive College activity did not
prevent Ralf Dahrendorf from pursuing
his academic interests. He demonstrated
his skills as an historian with LSE: a history
of the London School of Economics and Political
Science, published by Oxford University
Press in 1995. He also continued to
publish important books and articles
defending individual freedom and civil
society against populist egalitarianism. In
1988 he was awarded the Toynbee Prize,
and in 1992 the Agnelli prize.
After the collapse of Soviet domination
east of the Elbe, he was determined to
support the establishment of a genuinely
liberal political culture in an area he

egarded as belonging to Western Europe.
It was symptomatic that he firmly renamed
the College’s West European Studies
Centre as the `European StudiesCentre’,
thus signalling the end of the Cold War
division of Europe.
His concern for the freedom of Europeans
under Soviet control had already been
made manifest in his commitment to the
Central and East European Publishing
Project (CEEPP), designed to further
independent central and east European
publishing and translations from books
and journals written in the languages of
that region. Dahrendorf was himself a
trustee of the Ford Foundation – one of
several Foundations willing to support the
project - and he chaired the international
committee which set CEEPP up in March
1986. For the next eight years the project
encouraged what Dahrendorf referred
to as a `common market of the mind’
in Europe. This meant `a marketplace
in the old liberal sense, the place where
ideas were exchanged, and where by
their exchange they generate new ideas’.
Initially this was an enterprise fraught with
hazards. Subsidies to culturally worthy
publications – whether underground
or tolerated by the communist regimes
– often had to be smuggled to their
recipients in CEEPP members’ luggage.
Once the Iron Curtain had collapsed in
1989/90, CEEPP was instrumental in
providing funds and expertise for the new
generation of liberated intellectuals, who
found themselves faced with unfamiliar
problems in a commercial world of which
they had little experience.
Last but not least, Dahrendorf began
to play a much more prominent role in
British politics. He had already been an
honorary KBE in 1982, and in 1988 he
took British nationality, thus enabling him
to become Sir Ralf Dahrendorf. In 1993
he was appointed to the House of Lords
and showed his commitment to the liberal
cause by taking the Liberal Democrat
Whip. During his period at St. Antony’s
he was an important figure in Liberal
Democrat circles, even if he later decided
to become a cross-bencher. He became
Chairman of the Select Committee of
the European Communities in the House
of Lords.
Ralf Dahrendorf was born in Hamburg
on 1 May 1929, the son of a prominent
Social Democrat, Gustav Dahrendorf.
Shortly thereafter, Gustav and his
family moved to Berlin. In July 1943 all
four of Ralf ’s grandparents perished in
British air raids on Hamburg. His father
was arrested in 1944 on suspicion of
involvement in the plot to kill Hitler, and
Ralf himself was sent to a concentration
camp near Berlin for participating in a
discussion group organised by an anti-
Nazi teacher. The advance of the Red
Army enabled him to regain his freedom.
His father was at first inclined to work
with the Soviet administration but soon
changed his mind and was able, with
British help, to get himself and his family
flown to safety in Hamburg. Once there,
Ralf got to know leading officials in the
British Control Commission, including
Noel Annan and Robert Birley. In 1947
he began to study philosophy and classics
at Hamburg University and completed his
doctoral dissertation at the age of twentytwo.
In 1952 he arrived in the Sociology
Department at the London School of
Economics, where he completed a PhD
on the nature of the unskilled labour
force, marking a shift in his interests from
philosophy to sociology.
He made rapid progress in German
academic life and, after professorships in
Hamburg and Tubingen, he was involved
in the foundation of the new University
of Konstanz. This was an attempt to reimport
the principles of Wilhelm von
Humboldt into German universities
from the USA, where it was thought
that they informed American Graduate
Schools. Ralf Dahrendorf was himself
an admirer of American graduate schools
and remained so throughout his career.
Early in 1966 he was commissioned by
the government of Baden-Württemberg
to draw up a comprehensive plan for
Universities in that state. In March 1966
he was elected one of the first seven
professors of the new University of
Konstanz, and retained the right to return
to this post, despite the fact that he had
become an active politician in the Free
Democratic Party. He was elected to the
State legislature of Baden-Württemberg
and then to the Federal Parliament, the
Bundestag. With the victory of the Social/
Liberal coalition in the autumn of 1969
he began a career that would lead him to
Bonn, Brussels, London and eventually to
Oxford.
By the time Lord Dahrendorf retired
from St Antony’s it was recorded that he
had twenty-three honorary doctorates,
awarded by universities in Britain, Ireland,
France, Belgium, Italy, Malta, Israel,
Canada, the USA and Argentina. Seven
countries, including Britain and Germany,
had bestowed high honours upon him.
His obituary in The Times noted that he
would be remembered, on the one hand,
as an internationally renowned thinker
whose achievements were recognised by
decorations and honorary degrees from
a great number of countries, and on the
other as a `German-turned-Briton’ whose
contributions to British thinking on social
affairs, as a BBC Reith Lecturer, television
commentator and parliamentarian, were
`arguably greater than those of any
German since Bismarck’s ideas shaped
the social policy of Lloyd George.’ The
comparison with Bismarck is perhaps
unfortunate, since Ralf Dahrendorf‘s
view of society was quite different from
that of the Iron Chancellor, but the
claims made for his benevolent impact on
his adopted country are unquestionably
justified. In St. Antony’s we remember
him as a splendid Warden and a kindly,
decent man with whom it was a privilege
to work.
Ralf Dahrendorf died on 17 June 2009.
Our condolences go to his third wife,
Christiane, and his family.
AJ Nicholls
Emeritus Fellow
Lord and Lady Dahrendorf with Ralf’s daughters Nicola and Daphne at St Antony’s - May 1 2009
(Photo: Rob Judges)

GCR President’s Report
Autumn is an odd season in Oxford,
marked by a confluence of the old and
the new. The academic year begins, and
new students infuse the college with a
fresh sense of vitality, initiating a flurry
of both scholarly and extracurricular
activity. However, as novice rowers
take to the Thames, as the latest batch
of split-infinitive pedants descend
upon STAIR editorial meetings, as
campaign posters go up around college
for prospective GCR officers, the leaves
outside are turning, the days shortening,
the mercury dropping. Although the
late autumnal chill marks the end of the
calendar year, within the college curtilage
this is only the end of a new beginning
for 181 freshly minted Antonians.
Although this cycle repeats itself
annually, there is nothing routine about
life in St Antony’s. This Michaelmas term
has been no different. Freshly jet-lagged
on my return from a summer climbing
trees in Montreal as a ‘branch manager’
for my brother’s arborist business,
I was asked if I’d care to greet Henry
Kissinger on his low-profile visit to take
part in a panel discussion in college on 16
October. Regardless of one’s politics, to
be given an opportunity of this type is a
privilege, one too easily taken for granted
in the extraordinary environment specific
to St Antony’s. Having just stepped off a
flight from a summer in ‘the real world’,
the incongruity (I was still shedding
sawdust from my last day of work) as
the Development Office explained the
logistics for the event, couldn’t but strike
me as anything except a ludicrous change
of gear. ‘Ah yes, I am back in Oxford, aren’t
I?’ That much was certain. For this simply
doesn’t happen anywhere else. The peculiar
nature of St Antony’s manifests itself in
ways that never cease to be startling, and
remain, quite possibly, unique.
One thing that is inarguable is that the
term has flown by. The 20th anniversary
of the fall of the Berlin wall has come
and gone, an event not lost on a college
which boasts such an active European
community and which plays host to the
European Studies Centre. The lectures and
seminars organised to mark the milestone
were well attended by both current and
former Antonians.
Competing for prominence on the student
calendar was the annual Hallo’queen ‘bop’,
which featured at least one Sarah Palin
impersonator who shall remain nameless.
With queues around the block, the bop
lived up to its reputation as a social mainstay
and financial boon to the GCR. Freshers’
week was also a smoothly-run success in
early October, with special kudos due to
Christine Murphy, Nalini Biggs and Chana
Hoffmitz in particular.
The GCR-funded college gym has seen an
overhaul in time for Christmas, thanks to
the work in procuring new equipment by
Aaron ‘the rock’ Rock, and it is now in the
process of being equipped for those who
actually want to break a sweat when using
both fixed and free weights. An agreement
has also been reached with the college to trial
24-hour access to the CCR, and the GCR
has made progress towards establishing
an online maintenance reporting system.
The term also saw the inaugural ‘Warden’s
chats’, for which the Warden invites various
public or otherwise influential figures to
talk informally with the student body. This
term saw the director of DFID speak one
week, closely followed by the ITN anchor,
Jon Snow, who somehow managed to
divert attention from his trademark striped
tie by dint of his extraordinary abilities as
a raconteur, the highlight – worth noting
here - being his account of single-handedly
rescuing the crew of a merchant vessel
from crossfire during the Iran-Iraq war.
The events were well attended, and have set
a happy precedent. Future ‘chats’ will no
doubt be just as hotly anticipated.
As the term winds to a close, the incumbent
GCR executive and officers hand over
the reins of ‘power’ to the newly elected
committee. This is therefore an appropriate
forum through which to thank everyone
for all the hard-work in greasing the axles
of college life in 2009. It has been an
interesting year – memorable in particular
for both some moderate progress on issues
of relevance to the GCR, and immoderate
support of the Late Bar.
Calum TM Nicholson
GCR President 2009
The Chihuahuas
‘The Chihuahuas’ [St Antony’s/Wolfson’s football
team] did the College proud on Tuesday 26th May
by decisively winning the 5-a-side women’s Cuppers
tournament to round off a very successful season
in the First Division. They won three consecutive
matches (6-3, 4-0, 2-0), including beating the 11-aside
Cuppers winners by 4-0. Hard work, and a much
deserved victory.

New Governing Body Fellows
Image: Melody Cox
Faisal Devji is University Reader in Indian History. He has held faculty positions at
the New School in New York, Yale University and the University of Chicago, from
where he also received his PhD in Intellectual History. Devji was Junior Fellow at
the Society of Fellows, Harvard University, and Head of Graduate Studies at the
Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, from where he directed post-graduate courses
in the Near East and Central Asia. He sits on the editorial board of the journal Public
Culture. Devji is the author of two books, Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality,
Modernity (2005), and The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics
(2008), and is currently writing a book on the emergence of Muslim politics and the
founding of Pakistan. His larger interests have to do with the possibilities of nonviolence
and the work of Mahatma Gandhi.
Tariq Ramadan was appointed to the newly created Islamic Studies Chair at
Oxford University on September 1st 2009 and joined the Governing Body at St
Antony’s at the beginning of the following Michaelmas Term. He had spent the
previous four years at St Antony’s first as a Visiting Fellow and later as a Research
Fellow. He is an internationally recognized scholar and was recently named by
Foreign Policy Magazine in their first list of the 100 top global thinkers. He is
among the leading Islamic thinkers in the West and has a large following around the
world. His latest book What I Believe has just been published by Oxford University
Press.
Farewell to Chef
Mark Walker departs after an extraordinary and dedicated 37 years
Mark Walker has made such an
outstanding contribution to the College
over his many years as Chef that I would
love to claim some credit. What I can say
is that in the early 1970s, not so very long
after I arrived at St Antony’s as a Fellow
in 1971, a young man approached me as
I was leaving the Hilda Besse Building
and asked me if I could direct him to the
Chef. This was Mark – on his way to an
interview with the then Chef for a job
in his team. Within a remarkably short
time Mark was the Chef, and the rest is
history.
Although I did retrace my steps and
showed Mark where the kitchen was –
he doesn’t remember this, but I promise
it happened – my claim to any credit in
his appointment is bogus. Anyone who
has the organisational skills to cope with
the unpredictable numbers of students
and senior members who lunch or dine
at common table in College – not to
mention High Tables which, at quite
short notice, can become meals for
eighty rather than eight people – would
certainly have found his way to the
reigning Chef unaided.
We have been extraordinarily fortunate
to have had Mark as Chef for so long.
The quality of the meals at St Antony’s
is the envy of many other Colleges.
Moreover, Mark has never stood still. He
has broadened his own culinary horizons
and those of the rest of us. We shall
remember with pleasure not only the
quality of the lunches and dinners for
which he has been responsible, but his
friendly presence. And in spite of all the
pressures of the job – which at times can
involve cooking for presidents and prime
ministers and their entourages who may
arrive in hall far later than they should
– he still looks like a young man after all
these years.
Archie Brown
Mark Walker has been a pillar of the
College community and we shall all miss
him. He was promoted from within the
kitchen staff and became an ideal Chef
for a College like St Antony’s, paying
due attention to the attractiveness and
nutritional value of food for students
whilst satisfying the more exotic tastes
of the senior members. To a generation
like mine, which could recall such
culinary curiosities in the late 1950s as
fried eggs on crumpets, his accession
to supreme power in the kitchen was
an unmixed blessing. My own fondest
memories are of what might be called
his `signature dish’ of Beef Wellington,
and his soups. The latter were always
of far higher standard than one usually
expects in this country, which has
become something of a desert region
for soup-lovers. So far as the important
necessity to entertain visiting VIP’s was
concerned, I often had to confront him
with rather sudden requests for special
meals for foreign guests, and he never let
me down. I also have happy memories
of Mark’s and his family’s tenure of the
old flat in the European Studies Centre
in No. 70 Woodstock Road. Mark is a
fine gardener, and we benefited from a
delightful array of potted plants during
his period there.
Unfortunately for us, he duly moved on
to his own house and garden, and we
never quite recovered the floral paradise
he provided for us.
AJ Nicholls

John Campbell - Obituary
John Campbell, one of St Antony’s
pioneers, died on 5 September at the
age of 86. His long association with the
St Antony’s began when he was elected
in 1958 to a research fellowship at the
College and lasted until his retirement in
1990.
In 1962 he was given leave of absence
for a year to direct the newly established
Social Sciences Centre in Athens. This
gave him a useful insight into the byzantine
ways of Greek bureaucracy and led to an
association with Andreas Papandreou, the
economist who headed the sister Centre
of Economic Research, and who was
subsequently to become prime minister
Returning to Oxford John was, between
1966 and 1973, university lecturer in
modern Balkan history and held a series
of key offices in the college, becoming
admissions tutor, senior tutor and subwarden.
In his thirty-two years at the College
he supervised over thirty DPhil theses
in anthropology and history, most of
them related to Greece. Primarily an
anthropologist, he was also a first rate
historian, whose historical work was
informed by his pioneering anthropological
researches in Greece. He was one of the
first, if not the first, social anthropologist
to work in Greece.
War service had taken him to North
Africa, Italy, where he was seriously
wounded, and Greece, which began a long
connection with the country. Returning
to Cambridge after the war, he resumed
his studies, at that time in economics,
at Pembroke College. These were again
interrupted when he was struck down by
tuberculosis. This led to a year in hospital
in Britain, followed by a year in a Swiss
sanatorium, where he met his future wife,
Sheila, a fellow patient.
When he eventually returned to
Cambridge, he switched from economics
to anthropology. His doctoral research
was carried out in Oxford under the
supervision of J.G. Peristiany, the Cypriot
anthropologist. This took him to a
remote part of northern Greece, a region
devastated by a brutal Axis occupation
followed by a savage civil war. His field
work in 1954 and 1955 centred on the
Sarakatsani, transhumant shepherds who
pastured their flocks in the mountains in
the summer and in the lowlands during
the winter. He was accompanied by Sheila,
who played an important role in enabling
John to penetrate the extreme reticence
and modesty of Sarakatsan womenfolk.
Working near the sensitive frontier with
Albania just as the struggle for the enosis, or
union, of Cyprus with the Greek kingdom
was creating serious problems in relations
between Greece and Britain, led to
problems for John and Sheila. Allegations
were made that their field work was a
cover for surveying potential dropping
zones for British parachutists. Given the
unwarranted belief that existed among
many Greeks in the omnipotence and
omniscience of the (British) ‘Intelligence
Service’ it was not perhaps surprising
that the army ordered their removal ‘for
their own safety’ from the mountains of
Zagori, amid accusations that they had
insulted Archbishop Makarios, the leader
of the Cypriot independence movement.
They were eventually, however, able to
resume their field work.
This resulted in the publication of
Honour, Family and Patronage: A Study
of Institutions and Moral Values in a Greek
Mountain Community, published by the
Clarendon Press in 1964. Hitherto
anthropologists had tended to carry
out research on communities in the
developing world, and, particularly in the
case of British anthropologists, on the
ethnography of Africa. Honour, Family
and Patronage highlighted the values of
honour and pride among the Sarakatsani,
a desperately poor group on the margins
of Greek society. The emphasis which
John placed on the salience of kinship
and patronage and on the antagonism that
existed between those deemed to be ‘our
own people’ and strangers had a more
general resonance in the understanding of
Greek society.
John’s field work and his first hand
experience of Greek bureaucracy as
director of the Social Sciences Centre
informed the volume on ‘Modern Greece’
that he wrote with Philip Sherrard , which
appeared in the Benn’s Nations of the
Modern World series in 1968. After forty
years it remains one of the best and bestwritten
introductions to Greek history
and society.
A modest man, John was devoted to his
family. He is survived by Sheila and three
daughters, Sarah, Fiona and Alexandra,
and six grandchildren. He had a great
affection for St Antony’s and, in an
association with lasted over thirty years, he
contributed much to make the College the
intellectually stimulating and welcoming
institution that it is.
Richard Clogg
Emeritus Fellow
Publications by Current Members
Ali Allawi (SAM)
The Crisis of Islamic Civilization
(Yale University Press 2009)
Jean-Pascal Daloz (Senior Member)
The Sociology of Elite Distinction:
From Theoretical to Comparitive Perspectives
(Palgrave Macmillan 2009)
Timothy Garton Ash
(Governing Body Fellow)
Facts are Subversive: Political Writing
from a Decade Without a Name
(Atlantic Books 2009)
Ekaterina Hertog
(Governing Body Fellow)
Tough Choices: Bearing an
Illegitimate Child in Japan
(Stanford University Press 2009)
Tariq Ramadan
(Governing Body Fellow)
What I Believe
(OUP USA 2009)
Philip Robins
(Governing Body Fellow)
The Middle East: A Beginner’s Guide
(Oneworld Publications 2009)
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Eugene Rogan
(Governing Body Fellow)
The Arabs: A History
(Allen Lane 2009)
Robert Service
(Governing Body Fellow)
Trotsky: A Biography
(Macmillan 2009)
Avi Shlaim
(Governing Body Fellow)
Israel & Palestine
Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations
(Verso 2009)

News of Old Antonians
due attention the attractiveness
and nutritional value of food for
students whilst satisfying the more
International Politics Summer School
exotic tastes of the senior members.To
a generation like mine,
which could recall such culinary
St Antony’s launched a new programme in
the summer of 2009: the Summer School
in International Politics, aimed at graduate
and senior undergraduate students,
professionals in the field of international
politics, teachers and academics. The first
school recruited 48 students from North
America and Latin America, Scandinavia,
East, West and Southern Europe and East
Asia.
The programme, led by Dr Paul Chaisty of
the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre,
focussed on 4 regions: Russia and the
former Soviet Union, Africa, China and
the Middle East. Amongst the academic
staff, we had world-renowned academics
such as Professor Archie Brown (best
known for The Gorbachev Factor and Seven
Years that Changed the World: Perestroika in
Perspective) and Professor Fred Lawson
(Constructing International Relations in the Arab
World) and topics covered included Dr
Jeevan Deol “From Al-Qaeda to the Neo-
Taliban: the evolution of Jihadi Thought
in the South Asian Context” and Dr Terry
O’Shaughnessy “The Global Financial
Crisis: how bad will it get?”
Student feedback was strong and the
participants were impressed by the high
standard of teaching and lecturing. This
good impression has encouraged a number
of participants to apply for graduate study
and Oxford and St Antony’s in particular.
The programme for 2010 is now on the
College and University’s websites and we
are ready to register new participants.
If you would be interested or think you
know people who would be interested in
attending, please visit the College website at
h t t p : / / w w w . s a n t . o x . a c . u k /
InternationalPolitics.pdf
St Antony’s Summer Ball
St. Antony’s 2009 Summer Ball,
‘Venetian Masquerade’, was held on 6
June, where 450 guests donning masks
arrived at the Hilda Besse greeted
with a champagne reception. The
dinner was accompanied by a delicate
harpist and the opening act was a
spirited Latin dance performance by
the Oxford’s University Dancesport
Club. The first floor lounge hosted
a vibrant Cuban band until the early
hours, while the upstairs hall featured
two famous London DJs. The Hilda
Besse was transformed into a modern
Italian style lounge with a flowing
chocolate fountain and live portrait
artists to keep guests busy. A sheesha
den outside provided a perfect escape
for conversations and good company.
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For the first time ever, the famed Ali’s
Kebab van fulfilled the fantasy of
every Antonian by providing midnight
snacks on site including favourites
such as chicken, chips and cheese.
Following the Ball, £100 was donated
to the Ball’s charity of choice, the Panzi
Hospital in the Democratic Republic
of Congo.
The Ball committee was chaired by
Zorana Alimpic, who was supported
by Dara Macdonald, Dawn Berry,
Katie Dunn, Karlin Younger, Carmen
Navarro, Andrew Littlejohn, Adrianne
Montgobert, Milos Damnjanovic,
Chana Hoffmitz and Diarmuid
Torney.

Sudan Conference
Sudan Conf
Sudan Programme
International Conference on:
“Sudan: Four Years of Implementation of the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Saturday 13th June 2009
Since the establishment of the Sudan
Programme in 2002 and more particularly
since the signing in 2005 of the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)
between Government of Sudan and the
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
(SPLM) to end the 22 years of civil war
in southern Sudan, the Sudan Programme
has organised a number of conferences
and talks on the causes of the conflict and
the peace initiatives and on the ongoing
conflict in Darfur. These meetings
have provided an opportunity for the
speakers and participants to engage in a
constructive dialogue regarding the future
of their country.
The recent conference held in June
and chaired by the organisers of the
programme (Ahmed Al-Shahi and Bona
Malwal) was deemed necessary to assess
the progress and the shortcomings in the
implementation of the protocols that were
signed between the SPLM and the National
Congress Party (NCP), representing the
Government of Sudan. Central to these
protocols are the provisions made for
sharing power and wealth and until now
these provisions have been adhered to
by both parties. The conference was
opened by Dr Eugene Rogan, Director
of the Middle East Centre, and he was
followed by the three main speakers: Sir
Derek Plumbly (Chairman, Assessment
and Evaluation Commission of the CPA),
Cdr. Pagan Amum (Secretary-General of
the SPLM) and Dr Taj Al-Sirr Mahjoub
(representing the NCP and State Minister
at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs,
Government of Sudan).
The three speakers gave their views on the
current position of the implementation
of the CPA and the problems which have
arisen in this implementation. Though
progress has been slow, there are positive
achievements: the ending of the civil war
in the south; the establishment of the
Government of Southern Sudan; the
sharing of oil revenues; the participation
of the southern Sudanese in the formation
of the Government of National Unity
and the appointment of the President
of the SPLM as the first Vice-President
of the Republic. Equally they highlighted
the shortcomings: the slow progress
in establishing civic institutions in the
south; the conflict within the southern
leadership; corruption; the negative
impact of tribalism in the politics of the
south and the hitherto unresolved issue
of the boundaries of Abyei in view of
its importance in oil production and its
location on the border between the north
and south. The conflict in Darfur has
resulted in the relocation of resources
from the south and central government,
and external donors need to contribute
to help the peace process. Some of the
shortcomings were attributed to southern
Sudan leadership and others to outside
interference. During the two sessions of
questions and answers, the participants
have expressed concerns that unless some
effective measures are introduced the
CPA will be in jeopardy.
The delayed national elections in the
country and the referendum on selfdetermination
in the south to be held in
2011, to determine whether the south
wants to be part of Sudan or to establish
a new state, were portrayed as crucial to
the peace process. Since the referendum
is an integral protocol of the CPA there
is no going back on its implementation
and delay in holding the national elections
and the referendum could have negative
political conseqences.
The discussion throughout the day
was lively and the engagement with the
speakers was meaningful and beneficial in
that it brought clarity as to the position
of the Government of Sudan and the
SPLM. It was deemed necessary that a
meeting to discuss the linkage between
national elections and the referendum on
self-determination should be held. This
will be the theme of the next conference
to be held at the end of October in which
two prominent independent lawyers from
the north and south will be leading the
discussion on the above issues.
Ahmed Al-Shahi
Research Fellow, Sudan Programme
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Libya Conference
erence
On 25-27 September 2009 the Middle East
Centre at St. Antony’s College hosted the
international conference entitled “Libya:
legacy of the past, prospect for the future”.
The conference was funded by the John
Fell Fund OUP, the Society for Libyan
Studies, the American Institute for Maghrib
Studies, the Royal Historical Society and
Maison Francaise. A large number of
academics and practitioners from over 10
countries including Libya, US, Tunisia,
Egypt, Italy, France, Switzerland attended
the conference. The presence of key
international experts on Libya including
Professor Lisa Anderson, Professor Dirk
Vandewalle, Professor George Joffè, Ronald
Bruce St John as well as representatives
from the Libyan News Agency, Jana, the
British government, the Libyan opposition
and Human Rights Watch enabled a critical
and lively discussion.
The issues addressed included Libya’s
legacy of the past, the ideological
transformations since the revolution
in 1969, Libya’s rehabilitation in the
international community and the domestic
challenges faced by Libya today. The
diverse and empirically rich presentations
reflected upon the distinctive nature of the
economic, political, social predicament of
Libya today. Most of the papers presented
will be published as part of two volumes
with Hurst/Columbia and Routledge.
Emanuela Paoletti
Honorary Fellow meets with the Pontiff
November 21 2009. Foulath Hadid,
St Antony’s Honorary Fellow and his
sister Zaha Hadid, the world renowned
architect (pictured left) attended a
meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the
Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. They were
among 250 artists invited by the Pontiff
to discuss the alliance of art and church,
while encouraging other artists to infuse
spirituality in their work. Zaha Hadid,
aside from being a highly respected
professional, is also the architect of the
new Softbridge Building planned for the
Middle East Centre at St Antony’s.
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award Lecture
(Photo: Rob Judges)
The Middle East Centre hosted its inaugural Sheikh Zayed Book
Award Lecture on Thursday 5 November 2009, with a lecture by
the prize-winning Egyptian novelist Gamal al-Ghitani.
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) was established in 2007
to encourage excellence in Arabic letters. The prize is awarded
in Abu Dhabi each year in as many as eight different categories:
literature, a young author’s prize, fine arts, children’s literature,
translation, the social sciences, a prize for the best publishing
house, and the cultural personality of the year.
Prize-winners in the first three years of the award have hailed
from across the Arab world – from North Africa through the
Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula. As such, the SZBA has
emerged as one of the most prestigious literary prizes in Arab
letters. Moreover, the SZBA has honoured non-Arabs who have
been particularly influential in promoting Arab culture abroad,
such as the British translator Denys Johnson Davies, and the
Spaniard Pedro Martinez Montavez, both of whom were named
“Cultural Personality of the Year.”
The Middle East Centre welcomes this partnership with the SZBA
as a means to promote greater knowledge of modern Arabic
literature and Arab culture more generally. This follows in the
tradition established by Dr Mustafa Badawi, who was singled out
by Gamal al-Ghitani in his lecture for his role in making Oxford
a centre for the study of modern Arabic literature. The Centre
hopes to make this lecture an annual event each Trinity Term,
following the prize-giving ceremony in Abu Dhabi which is held
in March.
Eugene Rogan
Gamal al-Ghitani was awarded the 2009 SZBA in literature for his
novel Ren (Cairo, 2009). Born in rural Egypt in 1945, Ghitani is
one of Egypt’s most respected journalists, editors and novelists.
He served as a war correspondent for the Egyptian daily Akhbar
al-Youm, and is the founder and editor-in-chief of the leading
literary magazine, Akhbar al-Adab. He delivered his lecture in
Arabic with simultaneous translation, on the state of creative
writing in the Arab world today.
The lecture was attended by a distinguished audience, combining
the Arab diplomatic corps, representatives of the SZBA from
Abu Dhabi, scholars of modern Arabic literature from across the
UK, in addition to the Oxford audience of faculty, students and
general public.
Gamal al-Ghitani
(Photo: Rob Judges)
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News of Old Antonians
Karl Hufbauer (’59)
Retired 1999; has taken up stone
sculpting; still doing some research and
writing in history of science
Aaron Sloman (’60)
Although officially retired continues
to do research full time, still linking
Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence,
Cognitive Science, Biology, Evolution,
Development, and Robotics. Talks given
are listed here: http://www.cs.bham.
ac.uk/~axs/talks.html . The ideas about
learning and development are potentially
very relevant to educational policies (e.g.
how to teach mathematics).
Miklos Veto (’60)
Has a new publication: Nouvelles Etudes sur
l’Idéalisme Allemand (Paris, L’Harmattan,
L’ouverture Philosophique, 2009).
Yoshiyasu Mizuno (’80)
Assigined to the post of Adviser for
Industrial Development, working for
the Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Marketing since 2008.
Anne Lonsdale (SCR 1981-2005)
has retired as President of New Hall,
Cambridge, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Cambridge. She
is now chair of the Board of Camfed
International, a campaign for female
education in Zimbabwe, Zambia,
Ghana, Tanzania and Malawi; the
Honorary Secretary of the national
Committee for Assistance to Refugee
Academics (CARA), and Trustees of the
European Humanities University, closed
by the President of Belarus in 2005 and
reopened in Vilnius at the invitation of
the Lithuanian Government.
Juliet Landau-Pope (’85)
Recently qualified as a certified
professional co-active coach (CPCC)
at the Coaches Training Institute.
Based in London, she coaches
individuals and groups to define goals,
overcome procrastination and develop
motivation.
Carla Thorson (’85)
Is currently Vice President of Public
Program at the World Affairs Council
of Northern California in San Francisco
Olufemi Vaughan (‘85)
Was appointed Geoffrey Canada
Professor of History & Africana
Studies, and Director, Africana
Studies Program at Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Maine in January 2008.
Gopal Sreenivasan (’86)
Moved to Durham, North Carolina in
2008, where he is now Crown Professor
of Ethics at Duke University. He and
his wife, Jennifer Hawkins, welcomed
the arrival of their daughter, Janaki,
shortly thereafter on 30 September 2008.
Jonathan Becker (’87)
Is an Associate Professor of Political
Studies at Bard College where he also
serves as Dean of International Studies/
Associate Dean of College. Among other
things, he oversees dual degree projects
with St. Petersburg State University,
Russia (Smolny College), Al-Quds
University, Palestine, and the American
University in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan).
Erica Benner (’87)
Her latest publication is now available:
Machiavelli’s Ethics - Erica Benner
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3184-5
Robert Chenciner (’87)
Curated and wrote the catalogue for the
exhibition ‘Carved and Coloured Village
Art from Tsarist Lands’, at Pushkin House
Bloomsbury, during June-July 2009 with
exhibits from Western Siberia, Ukraine,
Abramtsevo and Daghestan.
He also wrote a chapter on Chechen
refugees settling-in for the Austrian
Government’s Chechens in the European
Union, 2008.
Adela Martinez (’87)
Left United Nations in 2008, for one year
sabbatical to do some consultancy in oil and
energy for Petrovengroup in Panama. She
plans to resume work with United Nations
in the area of Humanitarian Affairs within
any field mission peacekeeping in 2010.
Met and married while posted with United
Nations in Baghdad, Iraq during 1999-
2003 Dr Moustafa Darwish from Egypt.
Currently resides in USA.
Isagani Cruz (‘88)
Had his *Bukod na Bukod: Mga Piling
Sanaysay* [*The Other Other: Selected
Essays*] (2003) chosen by the University
of the Philippines Press as one of its best
publications of the last hundred years.
Marta Dyczok (’88)
Marta Dyczok and Oxana Gaman-
Golutvina (eds.) Media, Democracy and
Freedom. The Post Communist Experience (Peter
Lang, 2009)
This volume brings together papers from
an international group of scholars from
various disciplines who, ‘explore the
complex relations between media, society,
and the state, in this region over the past
twenty years, and present theoretical
arguments which challenge dominant
views.’
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Igor Kostikov (’88)
Is Dep Dean, Russian State Academy of
Civil Service at the President of Russian
Federation
Gareth Popkins (‘89)
After four and a half years as a lawyer in
Moscow, is spending six months running
the Welsh-language bookshop in Swansea.
Dr Surender Bhutani (‘90)
Has published his first collection of
English poems, Unmasked Questions. The
book was released along with its Polish
translation. The Polish translation is done
by Ambassador Boguslaw Zakrzwski.
Mr Harri Salmi (’90)
Has been appointed Finland’s Ambassador
to Iran.
Yoshiko Zenda (’90)
Continues to work with the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Now
lives in NY since mid 2003 after having
been posted in Zimbabwe, Indonesia and
Cambodia. Has two boys who are now 15
and 16 years of age.
Wolfgang Schwentker (’91)
Recently edited (with Sven Saaler) The
Power of Memory in Modern Japan (Global
Oriental 2008).
Alan Harding (’92)
Is still working with the Department for
International Development (DFID) in
London and from April 2009 has joined
DFID’s Europe Department where he is
Economics Adviser for the Balkans and
Moldova (mainly covering Bosnia, Serbia
and Kosovo in the Balkans).
Ludwig Kanzler (’93)
Has become a Partner in McKinsey and
Co, Tokyo, serving Healthcare companies
in Japan.
Wim Naude (’94)
Vulnerability in Developing Countries, edited
by Wim Naudé, Amelia Santos-Paulino
and Mark McGillivray (2009). Published
by United Nations University Press.
Acted as guest editor of a special issue
of the journal Oxford Development
Studies, vol 37 no 3, September 2009,
devoted to Vulnerability in Development.
Bradley Cook (’95)
Appointed as Provost of Southern Utah
University after serving as President of the
Abu Dhabi Women’s College.
Igor Garafulic (’95)
Was appointed Mayor of Santiago, Chile.

News of Old Antonians
Levan Bouadze (’96)
Was reassigned to New York, where he
took the position of Chief, Management
Support Unit in Partnerships Bureau with
United Nations Development Programme.
Efrat Lev (‘96)
Foreign Rights Director at the Deborah
Harris Literary Agency in Jerusalem, who
has sold Hebrew translation rights for
Professor Archie Brown’s book The Rise
and Fall of Communism to Israeli Publisher,
Am Oved. Sale was done on behalf of the
Felicity Bryan Literary Agency, Oxford.
Am Oved, which means Working People, is
Israel’s most prestigious publishing house,
established in 1942 as the publishing arm
of the workers’ movement.
Nicole Giles (née Evans) (’99)
Married Brian Giles on 11 October 2008
at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Ottawa.
The large Antonian contingent at the
wedding was a highlight of the wedding
and included Sam Halabi, Simonne
Horwitz, Polly Jones, Amna Khalid, Lee
Miller, James Milner, Paul Petzschmann
and Hilary Price (née Driscoll). Nicole
and Brian live in Ottawa, where Nicole
is a Director at the Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Expecting their first child in November
2009.
Helen Barnes (’00)
Got married in December 2009 and
recently moved back to London from
South Africa.
Jorg Dostal (’00)
Co published Syria and the Euro-
Mediterranean Relationship with Lynne
Reinner 2009. Has been appointed
Asst Professor at the Graduate
School of Public Administration,
Soeul National University from
August 2009.
Jens Meierhenrich (’96)
Has been awarded the American Political
Science Association’s 2009 Woodrow
Wilson Foundation Award for “the
best book on politics, government, or
international affairs” in recognition of
his book, The Legacies of Law (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2008). He is
Assistant Professor of Government and
of Social Studies at Harvard University.
Gudni Johannesson (’98)
In May 2009, Dr Gudni Jóhannesson
(’98) published Hrunid (“The Collapse”),
a bestselling account of the Icelandic
economic crisis. He is currently Assistant
Professor at Reykjavik University.
Eliza Reid & Gudni Johannesson (’98)
Had a boy, Donald Gunnar Gudnason, on
18 September 2009 in Reykjavik, Iceland
Ariel Ezrahi (’99)
Is now working for Asserson Law Offices,
which is a boutique English law firm with
offices in London, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
He manages the Tel Aviv office and heads
the Arab Desk where he’s responsible for
provision of legal services in respect of
transactions involving the Arab Middle East.
Katya Kocourek (’99)
Has recently been awarded a doctorate
(PhD) at University College London/
UCL for the following study: “Patriots
and Renegades: Andrej Hlinka and
Rudolf Medek as Case Studies of
Right-Wing Czechoslovakism”, which
compares and contrasts views about
Czechoslovak statehood harboured by
nationalist politicians and professional
soldiers during the 1920s.
Reuben Wong (’99)
With wife Sherlyn, would like to announce
the birth of their 3rd child, Regis (b. 13.8.09)
in Singapore .
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Margit Nolte (01)
July 2009 published Obafemi Awolowo
and the Making Of Remo: The Local
Politics of a Nigerian Nationalist with
EuP and Africa World Press. The
book examines the evolution of a
distinctive Yoruba community, Remo,
and the central role played in this
process by the Remo-born Nationalist
and Yoruba leader Obafemi Awolowo
(1909-87). There was a book launch
by the International Africa Institute,
EuP and the Obafemi Awolowo
Foundation on 6 October 2009, at
SOAS.
Krista Zongolowicz (‘01)
Is the Country Director for the Danish
Refugee Council in Ukraine.
Matthew Eagleton-Pierce (’02)
Taking a one year post as Departmental
Lecturer in International Political
Economy at QEH.
Lindsay Levkoff (’02)
Married Jeff Lynn (Worcester College
Alumnus) on 24 October 2009 in
Nashville TN. After a honeymoon in
South Africa they are now living in
London

News of Old Antonians
Rebecca Clifford (’03)
A permanent lectureship at Swansea University
(Lecturer in Modern History)
David Landau (’03)
Was recently chosen to become the Director
of Marketing Strategy and Analytics with the
Empire State Development Corporation, which
oversees the I LOVE NY tourism campaign.
Shelly Habecker (’04)
Had a baby girl on 27 April 2009. Lucy
Claire Habecker. Plus working as a Lecturer
in Anthropolgy at the George Washington
University in Washington DC
Mark Krakauer (’04)
After an internship in NY, recently started a
residency in opthalmology at the University of
Illinois in Chicago.
Agnes Thambynayagam (’04)
Has published ’The Gentiles, A History of Sri
Lanka 1498-1833
The book is available for purchase on the
following Authorhouse Website.
http://www.authorhouse.com/bookstore/
ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=52351
Kenneth Christie (‘05)
Has taken a new post as Program Head, Master
of Arts in Human Security and Peacebuilding,
School of Peace and Conflict Management,
Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C, Canada.
Deaths
The College is very sad to be reporting the passing of the following Antonians
Christopher T Gandy
Diplomat, a former SAM and until his death a Senior Member at St Antony’s.
He died peacefully on Wednesday December 9th 2009
Nigel D Greenwood
Polymathic Antonian with a first in Oriental Studies from New College who studied
Agricultural Economics at St Antony’s. He died tragically, aged 64, in a freak gliding
accident in June 2009.
Lt Colonel Peter le Sage Harris
A former SAM who in the late 60s completed a Defence Fellowship Stuiday at St
Antony’s entitled ‘British Staff Training since the Second World War’. He died in
March 2009 aged 87.
Stamatios E Polakis
Former Doctoral Student who passed away in this year. He was 86.
Gordon C Philo
Academic and member of the intelligence service who spent just one year at St Antony’s
in the early 50s, but it was a year that proved to be definitive for him. Made his name
and career in the Secret Intelligence Service and was recommended to them in the first
instance by Sir William Deakin, St Antony’s first Warden. He died in January 2009,
aged 89.
Iason Gabriel (’05)
Currently working for the Threat and Risk
Mapping Analysis Unit of UNDP in Sudan.
Began a D.Phil in Politics at Oxford in the
academic year 2009/2010.
Mandisa Mbali (’05)
Awarded a postdoctoral fellowship in History
of Medicine at Yale which started Sept 2009
Katarina Tomcikova (’05)
After two years in Advertising with Ogilvy
& Mather (leading the digital unit of
OgilvyInteractive in Budapest), has transferred
to the client’s side and currently work for
Vodafone Czech Republic in the Mobile
Advertising Department, being responsible for
Business Development and Enablers. Living
in Prague and working on starting her own
business.
Mohammadjavad Ardalan (’07)
Have been blessed by a baby boy (Parham)
born on 17 Aug 2009 in Oxford (pictured
right).
Capt Jeff Davis (’07)
Assumed the duties and responsibilities as
Deputy Commander, Carrier Air Wing EIGHT
Omar Shweiki (’07)
New position: “Jerusalem Scholar” at the Kenyon
Institute, the British Academy Institute in East
Jersualem. See www.kenyon-institute.org.uk
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Alumni Events
Such is the geographical diversity of the student body at St Antony’s that nobody would be surprised to hear that there are all too few
well attended, energetic and successful alumni events taking place. Yet incredibly the opposite appears to be true. In the last few months
there have been a gratifying number of enthused participants at a number of Antonian gatherings - in Japan, where Emeritus Fellow
Arthur Stockwin spoke – in Hong Kong (much thanks to CY Leung) and in London where all thanks go to Anna Zelkina and Shirin
Narwani respectively for hosting and organizing a wonderful recent party which the Warden attended. Two events are featured below and
we expect to report many more – if the Development Office can assist anyone looking to organize such an event then do get in touch.
A group of nostalgic Antonians made it
to College on a cold evening last October
to convene with their contemporaries
and dine with them at High Table to
reunite for the Class of 99. Sixteen
made it to St Antony’s, travelling from
destinations ranging from Brunei, Hong
Kong, Luxembourg, USA, South Africa,
Germany, Belgium and.............a very busy
M25. Attendees reported renewed revelry
at their alma mater and no shyness when it
came to making speeches. The theme of the
speeches was “Oxonian Friendship” and
the College is indeed heartened that they all
seemed to have much to say on the matter.
The Development Department can take
no credit whatever for the success of
this event – credit goes to the many that
made the effort to come but most of all
to Katya Kocourek, who enthusiastically
and energetically cajoled the Class of 99 to
come together once more.
Class of 99 at High Table
A well-attended meeting of the Washington
Antonians, held jointly with the School of
Advanced International Studies of Johns
Hopkins University, heard a talk on 3 November
2009 by Emeritus Fellow Archie Brown on ‘The
Fall of the Wall and the Fall of Communism:
Why – and why 1989?’ The meeting was chaired
by Bruce Parrott – especially appropriately,
since Professor Parrott is both an Antonian
and the Director of the SAIS Russian and
Eurasian Studies Program. The occasion was
jointly organised by the College’s Washington
Liaison Officer, Dr Thomas Boghardt, Bruce
Parrott and Molly O’Neal. Professor Brown’s
lecture and the question-and-answer session
which followed it were broadcast on C-Span.
The Antonians’ meeting was part of a US
lecture tour by Archie Brown in the first half
of November, during which he spoke also
at Columbia University, Harvard, Yale, the
Pritzker Military Library (Chicago), the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs, and the Council on
Foreign Relations (New York).
Archie Brown, with Bruce Parrott (seated)
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Antonian Liaison Officers
If you would like to get in touch with
other Antonians in your part of the
world, please contact the liaison officers
named below. If there is no liaison
officer for your area, volunteers are
always welcome.
Argentina - Dr Klaus Gallo (’87),
Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Miñones
2159/77, 1428 Buenos Aires.
Tel +541.784.0080 or +541.805. 8878
Fax +541.784.0089
Email: kgallo@utdt.edu
Australia - Prof Leslie Holmes (’87),
Dept of Politics, University of
Melbourne, Parkville, Vic 3052
Tel +61.3.9344.6565
Fax+61.3.9344.7906
Email: lth@politics.unimelb. edu.au
Austria - Vacant
Barbados – Andy Crawley (’82)
Email: a.crawley@sant.oxon.org
Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
- Lasse Michael Boehm (’01)
European Parliament Office: ASP 4H349
1047 Brussels, Belgium
Mob: (+32) (0)484 656 897
Email: lboehm@europarl.eu.int
Bolivia - Andres Schipani (’06),
Tel: +591 725 33057
Email: andres.schipani@bbc.co.uk
Brazil - Renato Perim Colistete (’94),
Departamento de Economia – FEA,
Universidade de São Paulo – USP,
Av Prof Luciano Gualberto, 908, Cidade
Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo – SP,
Brasil. Email: rcolistete@usp.br
Canada - Rutha Astravas (’01),
Email: rutha.astravas@gmail.com
Tel (H): 1 613.234.2253
(W): 1 613.941.9179
Chile - Alvaro González (’78),
González & Associates Attorneys at
Law, Don Carlos 3255 - A Las Condes,
Santiago, Chile
Tel: 56 2 334 7 842, Fax: 56 2 233 8207
Email: estudio_gonzalez@entelchile.net
China - Beijing: Prof Daniel Bell (‘86),
Email: daniel.a.bell@gmail.com
China - Hong Kong - Mr CY Leung
(’78), Baker & McKenzie, 14th Floor,
Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road
Hong Kong
Tel +852.2846.1733, Fax+852.2868.4959
Email: cy.leung@BakerNet.com
Colombia - Cesar Caballero (’97)
Cr 9b # 123-81 apt504, Bogota
Tel: 57-1-637-08-82
Email: cacr_99@yahoo.com
Denmark - Elzbieta (Elizabeth) Tromer
(’84), Pederstrupvej 55, 2750 Ballerup,
Copenhagen. Tel: (+45) 4466 8977
Email: elzbieta.tromer@sant.ox.ac.uk
Egypt - Dr Jill Edwards (’95)
Dept of History, American University
in Cairo, PO Box 74, New Cairo, 11835,
Egypt.
Tel 2797 6116
Email: edwards@aucegypt.edu
Finland - Juhana Aunesluoma (’94)
Tel 358.9.19124939
Email: juhana.aunesluoma@helsinki.fi
France - Frédéric Charillon (’94)
IEP de Paris, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume,
Paris 75337
Tel: (33-1) 40 52 73 88
Email: frederic.charillon@wanadoo.fr
Germany - Dr Wolfgang Krieger (’75)
Universität Marburg, Biegenstrasse 10,
Marburg 35032
Tel: x49-89-33 03 72 35
Email: kriegerw@mailer.uni-marburg.de
Greece - Dr Andreas Papatheodorou
(’95), Department of Business
Administration, University of Aegean,
Chios, 82100
Antonian Liaison O
Tel +30 6977 64 68 36
Email: academia@trioptron.org and
a.papatheodorou@aegean.gr
Hungary - vacant
India - Dr Suranjan Das (’84), Dept
of History, Univ of Calcutta, 1,
Reformatory St, Calcutta 700027
Tel: 33 439 8645
Email: nias@cal2.vsnl.net.in
Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
- Reuben Wong (’99)
Dept of Political Science, National
University of Singapore, AS1, 11 Arts
Link, Singapore 117570
Tel: +65-6516 3979
Email: polwongr@nus.edu.sg
Ireland - Dr. Laurence Davis (‘90)
Tel: 353-1-473-2083
Email: ldavis@oceanfree.net
Israel - Ariel Ezrahi. Please contact
Development Department at St Antony’s
for contact details on:
antonians@sant.ox.ac.uk
Italy - Emanuela Poli (’93)
Tel: 39.06.85 35 17 76
Email emanuela.poli@tesoro.it
and Maria Mazzone (’95),
Via Abbadesse 46 20124 Milano Italy,
Email: mariamazzone@yahoo.com
Japan - Dr Yukinobu Kitamura (’82),
Hitotsubashi University,
Institute of Economic Research,
Naka 2-1, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8603
Tel: 81-42-580-8394, Fax: 81-42-580-8400
Email: kitamura@ier.hit-u.ac.jp
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Korea - Dr Jung Hoon Lee (’87)
Yonsei University, Graduate School of
International Studies, 134 Shinchon-
Dong, Sodaemoon-ku, Seoul 120-749
Tel 82-2-2123-4086; Fax 82-2-392-3321;
Email: jh80@yonsei.ac.kr
Malta - Nicole Miller (’04),
Email: nicolelm@gmail.com
Mexico - Omar Aguilar Medrano (’92),
SL Sterling SC, Campos Eliseos 98-B,
Col Polanco, México, DF, 1560, Mexico.
Cel: +52 (55) 9198 4801
Tel: +52 (55) 5254 5854
Fax:: +52 (55) 5254 5854 Ext 106
Email: oaguilar@slsterling.com.
Namibia - Vacant
New Zealand - Dr Chris Tremewan
(’91), University of Auckland, Private Bag
92019, Auckland
Tel: 64.9.373.7599 ext 6934
Email: c.tremewan@auckland.ac.nz
Norway - Dr Iver B Neumann (’87),
Norwegian Institute of International
Affairs (NUPI), PO Box 8159 DEP,
N-0033 Oslo, Norway.
Email: ibn@nupi.no
Pakistan - Dr Salam Memon (’79),
Email: salammemon@gmail.com
Peru - Flavio Ausejo (’98), Psj Sucre 183,
Flat 402 Miraflores, Lima 1, Lima
Tel: (511) 446 9122
Email: fausejo@pucp.edu.pe
Poland - Professor Zdzisław Najder (’60)
ul. Jadźwingów 22a m. 18, 02-692
Warszawa, Poland
Tel: (48) 22 844 85 36
Email zdzislaw.najder@list.pl
Portugal - Dr João Espada (’90)
Instituto de Estudos Políticos,
Universidade Católica Portuguesa,
Palma de Cima, 1649-023 Lisboa
Tel: 351-21-721 41 29
Fax: 351-21- 727 18 36
Email: jcespada@netcabo.pt
Russia - William Flemming (’96),
Tel: +7 495 775 8221
Email: william.flemming@rothschild.
co.uk
Scotland - Mrs Sally Stewart (‘86), Broich
House, Crieff, Perthshire PH7 3RX,
Scotland, UK.
Tel (h): 01764 652544, Fax: 01764.656118
Email: sallystewart@usa.net
Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia
- Reuben Wong (’99)
Dept of Political Science, National
University of Singapore, AS1, 11 Arts
Link, Singapore 117570
Tel: +65-6516 3979
Email: polwongr@nus.edu.sg

Antonian Liaison Officers
South Africa - Dr Christopher Saunders
(’67) University of Cape Town, Dept of
Historical Studies, Rondebosch
Tel: 27.21 650 2953, Fax: 27.21 689.7581
Email: chris.saunders@uct.ac.za
Spain (North), Dr Judith Clifton (’93)
Universidad de Cantabria
Email: judith.clifton@unican.es
Spain (South) - Vacant
Switzerland - Dr Markus G Schmidt
(’82), UN Office of Commissioner for
Human Rights, Palais Wilson, CH - 1201
Genève, Switzerland
Tel: 41-22-917 9258 / 9131
Fax: 41-22-917 9022
Email: mschmidt@ohchr.org
Taiwan - Prof. Kuang-Huan Fan (’75)
National Cheng-Kung University,
Graduate School of Political Economy,
1 University Road, Tainan, Taiwan (ROC)
Tel: +6.237.4461, Fax: +6.276.6498
Email: khfan@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Turkey - Dr Bahri Yilmaz (’94),
Sabanci University, Bankalar Cad 2,
80020 Karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey.
Tel: (90) 212,292, 4940-1597
Fax: (90) 212.252.32.93
Email: bahri@sabanciuniv.edu.tr
United Arab Emirates/Gulf -
James Onley (’96), Visiting Professor at
the American University of Sharjah, UAE
(every Mar–Apr), Email: jonley@aus.edu
or j.onley@exeter.ac.uk
UK tel: 44-1392-264030 (University of
Exeter)
Professor Kenneth Christie (‘05),
Social and Behavioural Sciences, PO Box
19282, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
Tel: 00971 4 402 1318. Fax: 00971 4
4021018. Mob: 00971 50 475 2848.
Email: Kenneth.Christie@zu.ac.ae
UK - London - Aidan Kennedy (’96),
Tel: 0207 901 0483
Email: akennedy@ctnet.com
Shirin Narwani (’90),
Email: smeir@hotmail.com
USA - Boston - Dr Roger Owen (’60),
Harvard University, Middle Eastern
Studies, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge,
MA 02138
Tel: 617.495.2817, Fax: 617.496.858
Email: casp@fas.harvard.edu
USA - California - Vicky Shields
(Gaitanis) (’00), 211 S Guadalupe #3,
Redondo Beach, CA90277
Tel: 310-376 3839
Email: vicky.shields@jpmorgan.com
USA - New York - Vacant
USA - Mid-West - Stephanie Mitchell
(’97) Director, Women’s and Gender
Studies Program, Carthage College,
WI 53140-1994
Tel: 262 551-5882
Email: smitchell@carthage.edu
USA - Texas - Agnes Thambynayagam
(’03), 57 Inverrary Lane, Sugar Land,
TX 77479, USA
Tel: 281-302-5763
Email athamby2008@gmail.com
USA - Washington DC - Dr Lori
Plotkin Boghardt (’98) and Dr Thomas
Boghardt (’98),
The International Spy Museum, 800 F
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004 USA.
Email: tboghardt@spymuseum.org
Yugoslavia (former) - Dejan Keserovic
(’99), Email: dkeserovic@iom.org.by
Zimbabwe - Dr Bill Kinsey (’94),
Institute of Development Studies,
University of Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-4-30 28 12
Email: bkinsey@mango.zw
Thanks to a Departing
Liaison Officer
All thanks to Lee Miller who is stepping
down as New York Liaison Officer.
There is now a vacancy for a willing
enthusiast to help co-ordinate the
Antonians in New York. Please contact:
antonians@sant.ox.ac.uk if you are
interested.
News for the Newsletter?
Contact: Kathie Mackay,
The Development Office,
St Antony’s College, Oxford OX2 6JF
Tel: 44 (0)1865 274496
Fax: 44 (0)1865 274526
Email: dev.office@sant.ox.ac.uk
Website: www.sant.ox.ac.uk/antonians/
index.html
Newsletter
A huge thank you, as always, to the
many contributors whose enthusiasm
makes the Newsletter as informative
and vibrant as it is.
We are always open to suggestions
and submissions from academics,
staff and students so please do not
hestitate if you have something of
interest to share
Welcome to a New
Liasion Officer
A welcome to Ariel Ezrahi,
who has volunteered to act as
Antonian Liaison Officer for Israel.
Dates for your Diary
The Development Office
North American Reunion takes place the weekend of
16th / 17th April 2010
St Antony’s 60th anniversary Gaudy will take place across
the weekend of 2-3-4 July 2010.
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